Elasticsearch Nest 6.5.1. How do I get the Raw Request being sent to Elasticsearch

Question

I am using Elasticsearch 6.5.1 and would like to see the raw request being sent to Elasticsearch. I have set DisableDirectStreaming on my ConnectionSettings, but after making a GetAsync call the IGetResponse.ApiCall.RequestBodyInBytes is always null. However, the ResponseBodyInbytes is fine.

Please can someone explain how I can see the RequestBodyInBytes when using Elasticsearch Nest 6.5.1.

Answer 1

You can see the request being sent to elasticsearch in DebugInformation of every response object once DisableDirectStreaming is enabled. Link to NEST documentation .

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

I believe you also have to call EnableDebugMode() on your connection settings.

Another option would be to call

var jsonString = yourclient.RequestResponseSerializer.SerializeToString(yourdescriptor);

on your descriptor, but debugMode is alot more convenient in my opinion.